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Vox for August 1, 2011

“In trying to solve the problem of illegal immigration, both extremes, opening our southern border completely or imposing police-state controls, must be avoided.”

“The Republicans are at it again. They are causing problems with the debt ceiling issue because they want the president to look bad. Remember, President Obama is fixing what the previous administration broke. President Obama will win re-election hands down. He’s a winner. He gets things done. When the president had Bin Laden taken out, the Republicans began wringing their hands with other ideas to invent to try and gain some ground in the next election. This is a circus. This circus is caused by the Republican Caucus and it will backfire.…”

“Dear Mr. President: In your brief time in office you have increased federal spending by 30 percent and taken that money away from the private sector, thereby stalling, if not reversing, the economic recovery we had hoped for. Your pathetic attempt at class warfare and redistribution which you are hiding behind poll-tested words like ‘fairness’ and ‘balance’ will only take more money from the private sector. The private sector is the only entity which creates real jobs; not government sinkholes. You’ve provided no plan for a solution, which is no surprise since you have failed to admit that you are, in fact, the problem. For the nation’s good, I urge you to resign and find something that you are good at. I hear ACORN is hiring.”

“I just called my senator, Jim Demint. I also called Lindsay Graham and Rep. Joe Wilson. I encouraged them to cooperate and compromise to get a job done. We do not need a default on Aug. 2. We do not need the stock market to go down. That would be a complete disaster for those who are in the stock market; especially those who are retired. I urge everyone to call their representatives. Their names and numbers are in the Hargray Directory.”

“Are you financially better off than you were in 2008? If you are, what government agency do you work for?”

“This is for the person who wrote about President Reagan raising the debt 19 times during his administration. That person forgot to mention what was the final number on that debt and thank President Reagan because when the Berlin Wall came down in the early 80’s that is when capitalism got its birth in the rest of the world. You really should do your homework.”

“Americans have lived under the Constitution with only 27 Amendments for 22 years. Many 18th Century Americans weren’t satisfied with the Constitution, as many now are not. But dissatisfaction should give way to admiration for the members of the Constitutional Convention who compromised their principles and interests to achieve national unity. If only today’s politicians could do as much.”

“Joe means jobs? Please, 10 years of lower tax rates and tax cuts has not lead to more job creation. That is a lie.”

“I am a life-long Republican who would like to thank all those far right Republicans who got their Tea Party in office for the mess we are going to face Aug. 2. When you voted in a bunch of uninformed and stringent politicians not willing to negotiate, you created this perfect storm. When you wake up on Aug. 3 I want you to look in that mirror and tell yourselves ‘yippee, we did this.’ Congratulations, Tea Party members; good job.”

“President Obama has not presented a written budget plan to Congress or to the American people since his binge spending budget in February of 2011. That budget was defeated in the Democratic controlled senate 97 to 0. I would like to put a call in to Ms. Cleo, Karnak the Magnificent and other psychics. Perhaps they will divine his next plan.”

“Mr. LaBranche knows as much about the financial operations of the U.S. government as an orangutan knows about the universe and he displays that lack of knowledge with each and every letter that he writes. The federal budget and the debt ceiling are two very separate and distinct pieces of legislation.”

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